Freestone County, Texas
Towns

Old Ghost Towns - Never had a post office:


Pilot Knob


Pilot Knob was a community located east of Fairfield located north of Turlington.
Pilot Knob apparently gets its name from a large hill in the area.  The Pilot 
Knob hill is 564 ft above sea level (150 feet above the surrounding area).  
From the hill flow the sources of Walden Branch, Willow Branch, and Batsmith 
Branch on the east and Ball Branch in the north.  Pilot Knob had a school in 
1918 located south of the community at the head of Batsmith Branch and north of 
Antioch church near Turlington.  Big Brown Creek lies west of the Pilot Knob 
area.  To the north was Spring Bank school and the community of Blunt.


Directions:  
To access, take U.S. 84 exit off I-45 in the town of Fairfield. Head east 
through town, passing SR 75 along the way. At 7.2 miles east of the US 84/TX 75 
intersection, turn left (north) on FM 1364. Follow this to its end 1.2 miles 
away at a four-way intersection. Continue straight ahead on CR 240, now dirt. 
At 2.4 miles from the end of FM 1364, reach another junction. Straight ahead 
see large gate and sign saying "Hodge Podge Lodge". 

Go about 0.4 mile north of the gate on the gravel ranch road, and see the hp 
bump to your left. Climb up the moderately steep slope to the top; find BM 
Pilot at south end of small clearing on top. From the end of the county road, 
it's a total of about a half mile, with a gain of 150 feet. 

Summit of Pilot Knob hill:  Latitude: N 31.746835; Longitude: W -96.046356